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Live Webcast

Improving Visual Processing at Any Age: Enhance Performance, Learning, & Therapeutic Success


Faculty:
Cathy D. Stern, OD, FCOVD, FCSO, FNORA
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
VLW020950
Brochure Code:
PLW19056
Media Type:
Live Webcast
Access:
Access for 90 day(s) after program date.

Dates


Description

Hidden Visual Processing Problems: Think Faster, Learn Better, Work Smarter
Vision is more than 20/20 eyesight. Optimal visual processing helps us see more, think faster, and attend longer. Enhancing visual processing is key to improving learning and performance for school, work, play, and activities of daily living. How can we build up visual processing to learn faster and work smarter? How can we assist those recovering from concussion/brain injury? This workshop will help you better understand visual processing, allow you to experience the effects of non-sight related vision problems, and introduce you to a program of visual skills testing and visual brain training. The program uses easy-to-learn techniques that you can integrate into your current therapies and use to enhance therapeutic success.

Credits


Educators

This educational offering may qualify toward your professional development requirement. The educational offering consists of 6.0 clock hour(s). Use this information and your board rules and regulations to calculate professional development/continuing education credit.


Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants - Florida

is an approved provider #50-466 with the Florida Department of Health Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. This course is approved for 6 contact hour(s) for Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistants.


Other Professions

This educational offering qualifies for 6 continuing education hour(s) as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific filing requirements. 


Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants - Illinois

is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #:216.000309. This course qualifies for 6 CE Credit Hour(s).


Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants - New York

is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapist assistant continuing education. This seminar is awarded 7.2 contact hour(s).



Handouts

Faculty

Cathy D. Stern, OD, FCOVD, FCSO, FNORA Related seminars and products


CATHY D. STERN, OD, FCOVD, FCSO, FNORA, is a behavioral optometrist specializing in treating learning-related vision problems, post trauma vision syndrome (concussion/brain injury), and sports vision training. Dr. Stern is currently on the faculty for the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA) Curriculum II, and adjunct faculty for the New England College of Optometry. Dr. Stern has presented national and international workshops for physicians, optometrists, educators, and rehab professionals working with special populations. She is a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (FCOVD), the College of Syntonic Optometry (FCSO), and the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (FNORA). Dr. Stern authored the chapter "Photophobia, Light, and Color in Acquired Brain Injury' in Vision Rehabilitation: Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient Following Brain Injury, and has written articles for other consumer and professional publications.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Target Audience

Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Educators

Objectives

  1. Describe the visual skills needed for optimal visual processing
  2. Comprehend the impact of visual problems on performance and learning
  3. Implement up-to-date screening tools for patients with visual symptoms
  4. Define the role of the optometrist as a member of a multidisciplinary team
  5. Integrate a program for visual brain training
  6. Apply new techniques to improve visual performance that can be quickly and easily incorporated into your therapy

Outline

ESSENTIAL VISUAL SKILLS FOR SCHOOL, WORK, PLAY, AND MORE  

  • Eyesight vs. visual processing?
  • Our two-track visual system
    • What is it?
    • Where is it?
  • Eye tracking, focus flexibility, and eye coordination skills
  • Building up visual stability, visual stamina, and speed of processing

VISION DIRECTS ACTION

  • Can my hands and feet do what my eyes see?
  • Reduced falls, accidents, and sports injuries
  • Faster recovery from concussion and brain injury

COMMON FUNCTIONAL VISION DISORDERS

  • Oculomotor dysfunction
  • Accommodative instability
    • Convergence insufficiency

EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS OF IMPERFECT VISUAL SKILLS FOR LEARNING

EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT OF VISUAL PROBLEMS ON EVERYDAY PERFORMANCE

CUTTING-EDGE VISION SCREENING – A HANDS-ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITY  

  • Visual Screening Tools for:
    • Convergence
    • Visual tracking
    • Focus flexibility
    • Depth perception
  • Go beyond vision acuity

BENEFITS OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM

  • How to refer
  • Who to refer
    • The role of the behavioral optometrist
  • What they can do for my patient

VISUAL BRAIN TRAINING

  • Techniques you can apply now!
  • Ways to enhance visual tracking and convergence
  • New techniques to improve visual processing and visual integration
  • Enhancing processing speed, attention, visual memory, and sensory integration
  • How to apply the concept: Think Faster, Learn Better, Work Smarter

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Total Reviews: 12

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